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Mo*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. In the manner
of a mosaic.

Mo"sa*ism (?), n. Attachment to
the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the
Mosaic system or doctrines.

{ Mos"a*saur (?), Mos`a*sau"ri*an (?), }
n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct order of
reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See
Mosasauria.

||Mos`a*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Mosasaurus.] (Paleon.) An order of large, extinct,
marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in
America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely
articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they
had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They
are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also
Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.

||Mos`a*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. L.
Mosa the River Meuse (on which Meastricht is situated) + Gr.
&?; a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine
reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated,
and the limbs in the form of paddles.


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